We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes … hand, has a negative effect on children's education. Further, the estimated impact of mother's program participation is … program is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes … for females. -- labour ; education ; gender ; bargaining … hand, has a negative effect on children's education. Further, the estimated impact of mother's program participation is …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes … hand, has a negative effect on children's education. Further, the estimated impact of mother's program participation is … program is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other …

disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …

We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in … mothers' labor force participation and its impact on their children's educational outcomes. Using child level panel data, we … find that a mother's participation in the labor force increases her children's time spent in school and leads to better …

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a large scale public works programme on educational decisions including children …Given the well-recognised role of education in the process of social and economic development, this paper uses primary … as it has gained substantial importance over the last few years in developing countries including India. The findings …

gender relations emerging within the framework of overlapping social stratification in rural India. Analysis is based on …. Factors determining labour supply decisions of women are different from those of men. Interconnectedness of female employment …

, agricultural feminization and female autonomy in farming. The study uses unit level data from the India Human Development Survey …

, we find that SHG membership is positively associated with labor force participation and employment of rural women. We …We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya …-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG membership across districts in India with survey micro-data on labour …

take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This paper analyzes the employment impacts of the world's largest … employment. This self-revealed preference for a different type of job suggests other potential benefits of safety net programs …